Holy Child Killiney
Holy Child Killiney is a voluntary fee-paying Catholic secondary school under the direction of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in Killiney, a suburban village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.
Bestselling author Maeve Binchy, past pupil of Holy Child Killiney
The school was opened in September 1947, on the premises of the former County Hotel, where it is still located. It initially had 34 pupils, but by 2019 it had 341 pupils.
Notable alumni
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- Maeve Binchy (1939–2012), novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker
- Eavan Boland (1944–2020), poet and academic
References
- ^ "History". Holy Child Killiney. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Holy Child Secondary School". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Maeve Binchy". Read Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Eavan Boland obituary: Outstanding Irish poet and academic". Irish Times. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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